Česlavs Stančiks was a Latvia

Latvia

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. In 1939 he resettled in Germany

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 as part of resettlement of all Baltic Germans.

Club playing career

Stančiks first football club was Amatieris for which he played in 1912 at the age of just sixteen. From 1913 he played with Union Riga

Union Riga

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. While being a refugee

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 in Moscow

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 during World War I

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 Stančiks played football with Sokolniki Moscow in 1915. After the end of the war Stančiks returned to Latvia where after a brief time with his former club Union he joined Kaiserswald FC

Keizarmežs

Ķeizarmežs was a Latvian football club which was founded by the Riga German community in 1909. It was one of the founders of the first football organization in Latvia - Riga Football League .-Team history:...

 with which he won the first ever Latvian championship in 1922 and the second title in 1923. After the dissolution of Kaiserswald after the 1925 season Stančiks joined RFK

Rigas FK

Riga FK was a Latvian football club which was founded December 14, 1923. It was the strongest and most popular Latvian football club in 1920s and 1930s, it was also the base team for Latvia national football team in its early years...

 for which he played in 1926 in 1927, winning his third league title in 1926. In addition to the league success Stančiks also became a two time winner of the Riga Football Cup

Riga Football Cup

Riga Football Cup was a knockout tournament held in Latvian football between 1925 and 1936. In 1937 it was replaced by the Latvian Football Cup. Clubs from other cities than Riga were allowed to participate in the tournament....

 with RFK.

In 1928 Stančiks joined the newly founded RFK off shot and future rivals Riga Vanderer

Riga Vanderer

Riga Vanderer was a Latvian football club that was founded in 1927, disbanded in 1940, restored a year later and disbanded again in 1944.-Founding:...

, for which he played until 1932, missing his fourth Latvian title in a gold medal match against ASK Riga

ASK Riga

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 in his match with Vanderer. In 1936 Stančiks played with LSB Riga which won the Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 1st league football tournament.

National team playing career

Stančiks represented Latvia national football team

Latvia national football team

The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...

 in its first ever official international match on 24 September 1922. He was occasionally selected to play for the national team until 1931, although he played with it less and less in his last international years. In total he capped 20 appearances for Latvia and scored two goals. Stančiks was a member of Latvia football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

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